When
we study science we become drowsy quite
soon, but we are very much interested in self-centered thinking. So, enlightenment is first. To believe
in nothing is enlightenment. To believe in something which has no form or no
color and which is ready to take form or color by some immutable truth - that is our enlightenment.
So enlightenment, our activity and our thinking - our practice, and then
thinking -- if it is necessary - if you are not interested in it, that is our
way.
Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-12-30 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC